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Comment on And the beat goes on… by Tami Carless https://getsmartgetstrong.com/2018/05/08/and-the-beat-goes-on/#comment-3656
Tue, 08 May 2018 19:07:12 +0000http://getsmartgetstrong.com/?p=3698#comment-3656So very proud of you, keep rocking the program.
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Comment on Day 68 with Blue Hair and (mostly) Bright Lines by Mom https://getsmartgetstrong.com/2018/02/03/day-68-with-blue-hair-and-mostly-bright-lines/#comment-3480
Fri, 02 Mar 2018 17:39:25 +0000http://getsmartgetstrong.com/?p=3689#comment-3480Absolutely an issue and there is a sanctioned option. You divide all your portions into 4 meals instead of three. The other option, which I chose, was to eat three meals, but eat a combination of denser foods and smaller portions. Breakfast was always a good amount for me except for fruit which I would reduce to 4 oz most of the time. For lunch, I would do the same and have half cooked and half raw veggies (aka salad) and have 6 oz. I often eat nuts as my protein as it’s a smaller portions. For dinner, I have 3 oz protein, not 4, and a 4 oz salad and a 4 oz cooked or fermented veg. (Or whatever combo appealed!) Good luck! It’s a great program.
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Comment on Day 68 with Blue Hair and (mostly) Bright Lines by Melissa https://getsmartgetstrong.com/2018/02/03/day-68-with-blue-hair-and-mostly-bright-lines/#comment-3478
Fri, 02 Mar 2018 16:52:29 +0000http://getsmartgetstrong.com/?p=3689#comment-3478Thanks for sharing your Bright Line experiences…I’m super-interested in what you’re going through because I have also had bariatric surgery. I worry about eating the prescribed amounts at one sitting…did you ever consider making meals smaller and adding a fourth meal? Is that even an option?
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Comment on Midnight of the Soul – August 25, 2009 by Mom https://getsmartgetstrong.com/2010/05/22/midnight-of-the-soul-august-25-2009/#comment-3339
Sat, 27 Jan 2018 15:08:35 +0000http://getsmartgetstrong.com/?p=67#comment-3339I know now why there were no negative posts. People stop going to the boards when they regain their weight (until they start to get back on track….I didn’t for a long, long time!)
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Comment on Day 1:Bright Line Eating 14 Day Challenge by Marie https://getsmartgetstrong.com/2017/12/02/day-1bright-line-eating-14-day-challenge/#comment-3265
Sun, 03 Dec 2017 13:30:01 +0000http://getsmartgetstrong.com/?p=3670#comment-3265]]>I’m very proud of you Sissy. The struggle is real. I’ve been doing the Whole 30 program for about 40 days. The first 29 I was really focused but after that it has been off and on. I wish you luck but more than that I wish you love! Love yourself and the rest will take care of itself! I love you!❤️
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Comment on Back in the Saddle Again by Shari https://getsmartgetstrong.com/2017/11/28/back-in-the-saddle-again-2/#comment-3262
Wed, 29 Nov 2017 13:11:51 +0000http://getsmartgetstrong.com/?p=3667#comment-3262It was scary last May. I’d been creeping up in my weight. Not terribly, but to the point where “I choose not to wear this today” was because things were getting too tight. At that time I attended the monthly bariatric surgery support group meeting. It was about the habits of people who gain their weight back. There were tears in my eyes as I realized that my habits would make me the poster child of weight gain: grazing, not tracking food, eating while reading or watching TV, etc.

Should have been the prod I needed to get going. Nope! I was still feeling smug that I’d had one glass of wine all spring. The vow was no alcohol until after my niece’s wedding in early July. That idea stretched into no alcohol until the end of that vacation. And that stretched into infinity. Meanwhile the grazing, mindless eating and telling myself how healthy my snacks were continued. The clothes started closing in on me.

It was mid-October when I decided to humble myself and admit that things had to change. I could no longer coast on the “I can eat anything I want after gastric bypass surgery as long as my portions are small.” Wasn’t coasting, was climbing.

Upon beginning to track my food, it was clear how easy it is for a food addict can lie to themselves. Yes, I only took a small container of mixed nuts “in case” I needed a snack during the work day. That portion was about 340 calories. Skim milk was another liquid/protein addition that added another 110 calories. And those mixed nuts were there to grab when I was home and feeling tired or bored or lonely or stressed or…Or…OR! They’re healthy, right?

The shock was that the My Fitness Pal app said that in order to lose one pound a week, my limit was 1200 calories a day. 1200?!?!? With the proper mix of carbs, proteins, fat and fiber?!?!? Are you f**king kidding me?!?!? And I have to weigh myself to measure progress? I have to change my habits?!?!?

I still eat in front of the TV or while reading. My mix of nutrients isn’t always balanced. But the step of tracking my food and exercise has been consistent these last 41 days. Do I mix up my exercise, nope. But steps have been taken and there are four less pounds than when I started tracking.

There are two signs on my refrigerator. One is a line from “Avenue Q”: “Everything in life is just for now.” It reminds me to be mindful that whatever I am obsessing over is probably not happening at that moment.

The other is a line heard at that May support group meeting regarding the luxury of living the lives we have in regarding knowing where your next meal is coming from. “It’s ok to be a little hungry. You won’t die.” So what if you feel like eating for whatever reason at this moment. The next meal is most likely within four hours. You can live that long without eating.

Karen, I am there with you as a fellow food addict. Each new plan is a bit of new hope. Anything will work as long as you stick to it. And slips from the plan? Well, yesterday really did end last night. The slips need not continue.

We are the chronically fat. We know what to do to eat right. It’s just a matter of being mindful and making that choice instead of lying to ourselves that this bit going into our mouths won’t matter much.

I support you. I miss you. I cheer for your success. I smile at your hands on work with the plants. Yay us for taking steps.

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Comment on Back in the Saddle Again by Lisa https://getsmartgetstrong.com/2017/11/28/back-in-the-saddle-again-2/#comment-3260
Wed, 29 Nov 2017 05:27:51 +0000http://getsmartgetstrong.com/?p=3667#comment-3260Good for you. I rejoined WW Lin mid October. 20 lb gone. It’s amazing how your body reacts when you do the right thing. Great but funny thing is that I have completely changed the way I eat and I haven’t felt deprived. I had two thanksgivings Plus left overs last week and still dropped a couple of pounds. I am eating low carb, low sugar, lean protein and it is working! Good luck on your continued journey to health. We ALL need it!
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Comment on Abstinent by John https://getsmartgetstrong.com/2016/03/28/abstinent-for-today/#comment-2776
Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:55:40 +0000http://getsmartgetstrong.com/?p=3366#comment-2776Good for you, Karen. I know you can do it……and I always enjoy reading your words. Love you!
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Comment on PUT THE FOOD DOWN by Tonya Worley Hanson https://getsmartgetstrong.com/2016/03/27/put-the-food-down/#comment-2775
Mon, 28 Mar 2016 03:09:14 +0000http://getsmartgetstrong.com/?p=3286#comment-2775]]>You inspire me. I want to keep up with your book you are writing. The book only you control. No one else can write YOUR book.…a word, a paragraph, a page, a chapter after chapter after chapter all the way through to the end at which time you are no longer “here” to write the last sentence.
We all have OUR own book…I only recently realized this. No one else can write OUR book and we should never give them the power that makes them think they can. It’s our book.
—paraphrase of a Facebook post by Robert Rutherford

It reminds me of the song “Diamonds and Dust” by Joan Baez telling us to turn our pages slow.
With that said, it’s one day at a time for me. I fail but I don’t quit.
Your writing …words of wisdom …speaks to me. I enjoy it. Thanks!!!!!!! 😸